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JUNE 1985

ISSUE No.2

JHEATRE

pEUROPE

Nuclear war on your 64, and h

to avoid it. A chilling simulation

of East/West conﬂict wins this 1

months Liao gold medal.

Lode Runner

At last it's here on cassette.

Ter r ible graphics and sound.

astounding addiction,

ort eries

aseball

Imagine name returns with a

rts simulation pulsating with

the rarmatezz of the real

Pipeline II

Brilliant sequel to the popular

Taskset game. 16 new pipes, two

Pitstop II

Incredibly exciting two-player

road•racing game from CBS/

Epyx featuring split-screen ac-

tion.

Everyone's a Wally

Tr em endous follow up to Py-

Omar/Irma with multi-character

control. The ﬁrst review of the 64

version. plus our very own mapi

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JUNE SPECIALS

ternational

Basketball

US Goldmine

JUNE SPECIALS

98v

Tir Na Nog map

Now at last you can End your

way round the vast Celtic world.

Test your game skill

Seven specially crafted tasks to

let you discover if you're a rnas-

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Plav6l

Superb sizzling follow up to In-

ternational Soccer from Com-

modore One of a stack of new

sports simulations,

tain's biggest fA software corn-

pany in a no-holds•barred inter-

am usters

M.U.L.E.

Blockbusting mega-release from

US Gold with a remarkably. au-

ntie atmosphere. Also an ear-

review of the great new US

Id game Quasimodo.

The complete rundown on Bri-1

•. possible Mission -

One of the most addictive trad-

ing games ever - and up to

FOUR people can play

PRIZE COMPETITIONS

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Activision

ports spectacular

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Alm a zz

Antics

BC I I ! Gro g 's R e ve n g e

Big M a c

Bla g g a r Go e s to H o llywo o d

Bria n Ja cks' Su p e rsta r C h a lle n g e

Castle D ra cu la

Dambusters

Estra

Eve ryone 's a Wa lly I S)

Grand L a rce n y

Gremlins

Glider Pilo t

Hypercircun

ke Palace

International Ba ske th a l (S)

Lode R u n n e r (S)

Moon Cresta

MULE.

On C o u rt T e n n is (S)

On F ie ld Ba se b a ll

On Field Football

Pitstop I I I SI

Guasimodo

Skyra t

Sorce re r

Spe lunke r

Starﬁre and Fire One M

Supe r Pip e lin e I I I S)

Talladega

Theatre Eu ro p e I GI

Time Se a rch

World Se rie s Ba se b a ll I S)

Glor Gold Medal

Sin, ' Sizzle r

T for Tacky

5 ED

The boss rants on

6 RAP

A ton of fanmail tor Rockford,

plus some for us

bags, plus stacks of copies of

Activision's trio of new spo

:the-ball comp

13 CHALLENGE

Rignall tested on Raid, Spy v

Spy. Bruce Lee

Red Arrows

simulator

60 ADVENTURE

Chronicles of the White Wizard

68 FLASH

Ed Banger thumps through the

news and gossip

You can win one of 100 copies of

a hot new Database program by

dr awing your own aircraft.

.100

Rocky Horror Show

A signed album. a T•shirt and

one of 50 copies of the new

_ game from CRL could be yours if

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83 TOP 64

The ﬁrst Zzapl readers chart. Its

gr eat'

91 TIPS

Maps, tactics, strategy, cheats

you can spot-the-difference.

102 MINTER

The Llama lord speaks his mind

on magazine reviews

ZZRP! No.3 ON SALE MUNE s'

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BBC, SPECTRU

AMSTRA

Thor is out to ﬁnd the Meaning of Life but lo get there he must have

clams, Oh, but it's a hard tourney. Climb sleep hills, Dodge rocks and

potholes. Speed through treocherous caves. Avoid Tiredactyls and the

Mighty Grog!

Follow the straight and narrow, Cross each bridge as you come to It

Tak e the high road and the low road and you too con learn the

Meaning of life! Yes, Ws worth every clam to see GPOGS REVENGE!

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Commodore 64 version manuloctu red under licence from Sierra On-Line Software. All other versions manufactured under Ncence from Sydney

Dev elopment Corporation. US Gold Limited, Untt 10, Parkway industrial Centre, keneage Street, Birmingham 87 4IY.

We've been knocked for six this month by

an astonishing number of excellent sports

games. First came the amazing Pitstop 2,

then World Series B

aseball,

0y, leave our

machine alone!

sion titles, Commodore's Basketball (the

FINISHED version), Brian Jack's exhaus-

tion test and Talladega.

At time of writing, something of

a war is going on between

Commodore and certain shop-

ping chains such as Boots and

Lasky's. These stores have for

the time being stopped buying

in 64s, because they say the

market has forced the 64's price

down to MO, and at that level

they're not making any money

on them.

Two things seem obvious to

me: First. Commodore's policy

of refusing to respond to the

price-cuts'of inferior machine is

in danger of backﬁring badly.

And second, no shopping chain

which takes computer selling

seriously can afford to exclude

the world's greatest home com-

puter for long. For goodness

sake, people, get together and

work out a deal, will you?

What this means is that the REAL sports

action this summer will be taking place not

on the playing ﬁelds but on the joysticks of

down the land.

The great thing about many of these

new titles is that they offer direct duels

between rv1/0 players, part of a clear trend

sociable institution_

toward turning the 64 into an ever more

Here's hoping this issue of Zzap will help

you decide which sports You want to

spend time on this summer.

Enjoy the meg.

Incredibly important and dyna-

mic publishers

Roger Kean, Franco Frey

Extremely unimportant and dis-

agreeable editor

Chris Anderson

Game review king

Bob Wade

Reviewing minions

Julian Rig nall, Gary Penn

Ed ofﬁce wonder woman

Lucy Anderson

Hairiest columnist in galaxy

Jeff Minter

Michelangelo da Vinci

Oliver Frey

Layout layabouts

Dav id Western, Gordon Druce

Advertisers' friend

John Edwards

Subscriptions supergirl

Denis e Roberts

Male order

Carol Kinsey

Next month,

next year

The sta rkly re a listic

picture o f Ga ry Pe n n

published la st m o n th

brought h o wls o f p ro te st

from th e So ya / So cie ty

for th e Pre ve n tio n o f

Cruelt y to Eyeballs. So

here's a n e w, fo rg e d

picture o f h im to m a ke

hirn to o k a t Wa it se m i.

human. We ll, th e re a re

lim its to wh a t fo rg e rs ca n

I've decided that one of the

worst hazards of publishing

mags is the 'next month' page.

Last time, ours said we were

planning to:

- otter prize trips to Los Angeles

(but the software house we were

doing the comp with pulled out!

- review Deus Ex Machina 64

(but Automata couldn't provide

us with a working copy)

- print a Psi Warrior map (but

we're still trying to decipher the

massive and rather chaotic map

given us by the programmer)

Sorry about that, folks - you can

guess why there isn't a 'next

month' page this timel

The Zzap labels

GOLD MEDAL AWARD: Our

bi ggest rave of the month_ Get

it.

SIZZLER: we think it's very hot

indeed - normally must score

80% or more in value for

money. We reckon any Zzap

sizzler is a great buy, unless you

really hate that particular type

of game.

TACKY: in our view, d lousy

piece of software. Steer well

clear.

Editorial shack (reviews, news,

comps, fanmail, etc)

Zzap! 64, 1 Church Terrace,

Yeovil, Somerset BA20 1E4X (Tel

0935-78511)

Publishers' palace (advertising,

subscriptions, mail order, com-

plaints, etc)

Newsﬁeld Ltd, 1-2 King Street,

Ludlow, Shropshire, SY8 1A0

(Tel 0584-5851)

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effects created by Scan Studios,

Wallace Road, London Ni

• Forests of paper covered in

ink by Redwood Web Offset,

Yeoman Way, Trowbridge, Wilt-

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• Intergalactic distribution

organised by COMAG, Tavis-

tock Road, West Drayton, Mid-

dlesex, UB7 70E. (For circula-

tion enquiries buzz Tom Hamil-

ton on 021442-53591

Feel the quality,

feel the width

The Zzap Reviewers

One interesting way to see if

you're getting good value for

money from a magazine is to

count the number of pages. In

fact there are THREE numbers

wort h checking: the overall

number of pages, the number

whic h aren't ads, and the num-

ber containing something you

ﬁnd enjoyable or interesting.

Try this out in Smith's some-

time. In particular, try compar-

ing the different Commodore

magazines this way. It's an ex-

ercise you'll ﬁnd very revealing,

The Zzap ratings

PRESENTATION: Packaging, in-

structions, loading, play op-

tions, program facilities, on-

screen impression - everything

except the game itself.

GRAPHICS: Variety, detail and

effectiveness of screen pictures,

quality of animation, smooth-

ness of movement.

SOUND: Variety and effective-

ness of sound effects, quality of

mus ic . Also: does the sound

annoy?

ORIGINALITY: How similar is

this to programs already avail-

able on the 64?

HOOKABILITY: How strongly

does the game make you want

to keep playing?

LASTABILITY: How long will it

keep its hold on you?

VALUE FOR MONEY: Takes into

account the price plus all the

above ratings, especially the

last two.

BOB WADE: Zzap's 20-year-old

software editor. Bought a

, but then decided he wanted a

machine you could have FUN

on. Supports Wimbledon foot-

ball club, otherwise fully sane.

Loves Boulder Dash.

GARY PENN: Aged 19. born and

bred in Berkhamsteed, reckons

to have played just about every

single 64 title ever released.

Loves drawing cartoons. Gets

recognised walking about

town.

JULIAN RIGNALL: Wasted his

youth and money in the

arcades instead of at school,

but passed six A levels in tac-

tics on Defender, 20-year-old

former Atari owner, who's seen

the light. Eats pot noodles for

breakfast.

Angry spot

Let me tell you the most

ANN9I fI NG thing in the uni-

verse. It's pause functions. Or

rather, the LACK of them. Some

pr ogr ammer s really do want

their BRAINS EXAMINING

Don't they realise that games-

pl ayer s are going to get FRUS-

TRATED if they're just reaching

a high score when the phone

ringV Or the postmen calls? Or

its dinner time? And how the

NI KON do they think people are

supposed to take decent screen

shots of a game, if all the charac-

ters are ROCKETING round the

screen at the speed of light-

Bel i eve me, if I ever again buy

game without pause mode, Ill

literady have NO CH

This is th e b it p rin te d in m in iscu le p rin t to

try to trick yo u in to n o t re a d in g it - b u t wo e

betide th o se wh o fe il to h e e d th e Awfu l

Wa rning h e re g ive n : th is m e g , e ve ry sin g -

le sq u a re in ch o f it, is OU R C OPYR I GH T .

Hands o ff I Yo u ca n 't crib , co p y, o r o th e r-

wise ste a l a n y o f it in a n y wa y a t a ll,

without o u r p e rm issio n . OK?

Zzaoi 8 4 is a m o n th ly e ve n t g e n e ra te d

by I te a m o f u n d e rp a id sla ve s o r

, b e h a lf o f

the frig h te n tn g ly p o we rfu l N e vo id

mid L td

publishing e m p ire . Ju ly issu e co rn in g

soon a t a n e wsa g e n t n e a r yo u

it 1985 Newsﬁeld Limited

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